Melrose

Goes through an Industry Standard Oil Processing – Well give this 4 Stars for the transparency from the Manufacture. From Melrose; "The cod livers are steam distilled to remove the oil, this oil is… Read more

then purified via a low temperature, high vacuum process.

The process is as follows: fish livers → grinding→ cooking to extract the oil from livers→ centrifuge to separate water and solids from oil → refining → vacuum drying → winterization to remove stearin → cod liver oil.

This product must always contain the same amount of Vitamin A and D as per TGA regulations and for this reason these vitamins are added to the finished product as they are lost during processing. Vitamin D is added in a form of cholecalciferol and vitamin A as retinol. These are the natural forms of the vitamins.

The oil is tested for heavy metals and environmental toxins to ensure only the purest quality premium fish oil. It is gently flavored with natural orange to improve palatability."

- So in my unprofessional opinion they wouldn't have to add the vitamins back into it if they didn't cook the hell out of it the first place, meaning the product could be at risk of oxidization (rancid). If they would like to respond to this review and provide the Total Oxidation Value TOTOX results I'm sure customers would appreciate it. Maybe let us know the temperature of the boil and processes which use heat?

The TOTOX level should be under 27, or it could be considered Rancid. Consuming oxidized supplements can have disasters effects for your health (like consuming seed oils/hydrogenated oils). If it is under this limit I would recommend this product but also consider how long this product has been sitting on the shelf and its expiry date.

In Australia more than 30% of the Fish Oil supplements on the shelf are rancid. https://www.omega3galil.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Oxidation-of-fish-oil-supplements-in-Australia.pdf

Can consider other cod liver oil supplements which use a different manufacturing process. One is "cold pressed" and other is "fermented". These will probably taste like crap in comparison but its because it doesn't go through a heavy refining to remove the natural taste. You will also pay thru the butt for a more quality supplement like this. So also consider just eating alternative whole foods like Salmon, Maceral, Fish Roe & Sardines for Omega 3's and foods like liver, fish, eggs, mushrooms & milk for Vitamin A & D.

Pretty good – It's not my favourite ACV, I prefer some other brands with more cloudiness, but it tastes alright. I haven't et used it for cleaning, but I'm sure it'd be fine for that too.